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Post by terry2stoke on Sept 24, 2023 13:26:20 GMT
The local Aldi manager would do a better job than Neil
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Post by terry2stoke on Sept 24, 2023 13:27:27 GMT
The local Aldi manager would do a better job than Neil
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2023 13:27:29 GMT
A lot of pissed off folks on P&G.
Is this the start of the tide starting to turn?
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Post by trincostokie on Sept 24, 2023 13:34:13 GMT
Well thanks for f**k all, Stoke...
To cap off a truly shite performance, my boss here in Thailand is a massive Hull fan...so that's me in for serious mither for the next few weeks...
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Sept 24, 2023 13:36:28 GMT
Is Graham Potter still available? We need someone else! Yes he is available. Now Describe the un-worldly set of events in which he becomes our manager 😏 I'll have a go... Potter is enjoying his break from football when he's hit from behind by a speeding driver. Thankfully, he survives but is in a coma for a week. On waking, he is convinced that he is Stoke City manager and nothing, absolutely nothing, can affect that conviction, nor that it is his duty to work tirelessly, night and day, to make Stoke City into Champions League contenders. Not just one season participants, regular semi-finalists, finalists and winners. From the moment he is released from hospital, he regularly turns up to take training, wondering why some bald, clueless-looking Scottish bloke keeps hanging around looking a bit annoyed and barking what Potter knows to be nonsensical instructions to professional footballers. Eventually, after two weeks of awkward confusion, the Board decides to plug Peter Coates back in and asks him what to do. The Coates 3000 whirrs for a bit and asks what all the fuss is about. Satisfied with this answer, the board fires Neil and appoints Potter. Six months later, he's sacked with his reputation in tatters...
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Post by matelot1996 on Sept 24, 2023 13:40:10 GMT
Yes he is available. Now Describe the un-worldly set of events in which he becomes our manager 😏 I'll have a go... Potter is enjoying his break from football when he's hit from behind by a speeding driver. Thankfully, he survives but is in a coma for a week. On waking, he is convinced that he is Stoke City manager and nothing, absolutely nothing, can affect that conviction, nor that it is his duty to work tirelessly, night and day, to make Stoke City into Champions League contenders. Not just one season participants, regular semi-finalists, finalists and winners. From the moment he is released from hospital, he regularly turns up to take training, wondering why some bald, clueless-looking Scottish bloke keeps hanging around looking a bit annoyed and barking what Potter knows to be nonsensical instructions to professional footballers. Eventually, after two weeks of awkward confusion, the Board decides to plug Peter Coates back in and asks him what to do. The Coates 3000 whirrs for a bit and asks what all the fuss is about. Satisfied with this answer, the board fires Neil and appoints Potter. Six months later, he's sacked with his reputation in tatters... Impressive, well done.
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Post by conroyfan on Sept 24, 2023 13:40:39 GMT
Too many strollers in this team, Laurent, Campbell, Johnson even, strolling about, no real urgency no real intent, also need a rough brute of a centre half who will dominate and get stuck into those in front of him who are going through the motions. We don't have such a player.
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Sept 24, 2023 14:07:50 GMT
I'll have a go... Potter is enjoying his break from football when he's hit from behind by a speeding driver. Thankfully, he survives but is in a coma for a week. On waking, he is convinced that he is Stoke City manager and nothing, absolutely nothing, can affect that conviction, nor that it is his duty to work tirelessly, night and day, to make Stoke City into Champions League contenders. Not just one season participants, regular semi-finalists, finalists and winners. From the moment he is released from hospital, he regularly turns up to take training, wondering why some bald, clueless-looking Scottish bloke keeps hanging around looking a bit annoyed and barking what Potter knows to be nonsensical instructions to professional footballers. Eventually, after two weeks of awkward confusion, the Board decides to plug Peter Coates back in and asks him what to do. The Coates 3000 whirrs for a bit and asks what all the fuss is about. Satisfied with this answer, the board fires Neil and appoints Potter. Six months later, he's sacked with his reputation in tatters... Impressive, well done. Comes a point where trying to laugh at it all is a better option than letting it get to you, that's for sure.
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Post by pigbussy on Sept 24, 2023 14:14:12 GMT
Lock, stock and two smoking long balls. Undone like laces on the first day of primary school. Has there ever been a team in human history you'd fancy less to come back from 2 nil down at home?
Unbelievable! Unbelievable! Everything about it was so believable. It was a clearance sale on misplaced passes and a buy-one-get-one free on unforced errors.
Ponderous! Predictable! Pathetic! There was a daddy long legs sitting on the carpet watching with me at the start, he left early, likely having crawled under my slipper and begged for the sweet release of crushing death. If only there was a bigger slipper to accommodate me.
That said, to those with the cries of 'Axe! Axe! Axe!' glistening on their lips, ready to taste the poisoned air, can you fathom starting this entire process again with a new man at the helm? A new man with a new philosophy which less than half of these new players will suit, with a rudderless upper management structure and all the hierarchical support of toilet roll holding a tit!
Sunday afternoon - dejected, despairing, and jealous of a daddy long legs.
P.B.
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Post by vicarious on Sept 24, 2023 14:20:42 GMT
Lock, stock and two smoking long balls. Undone like laces on the first day of primary school. Has there ever been a team in human history you'd fancy less to come back from 2 nil down at home? Unbelievable! Unbelievable! Everything about it was so believable. It was a clearance sale on misplaced passes and a buy-one-get-one free on unforced errors. Ponderous! Predictable! Pathetic! There was a daddy long legs sitting on the carpet watching with me at the start, he left early, likely having crawled under my slipper and begged for the sweet release of crushing death. If only there was a bigger slipper to accommodate me. That said, to those with the cries of 'Axe! Axe! Axe!' glistening on their lips, ready to taste the poisoned air, can you fathom starting this entire process again with a new man at the helm? A new man with a new philosophy which less than half of these new players will suit, with a rudderless upper management structure and all the hierarchical support of toilet roll holding a tit! Sunday afternoon - dejected, despairing, and jealous of a daddy long legs. P.B. You’re either at the end of an 8 ball, or chatgpt. Either way I’m in.
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Post by Veritas on Sept 24, 2023 14:26:41 GMT
A LB is even more important. If only to stop the 3 at the back madness We could have got that striker from Albion for 5 million and I think he would have made a difference. Not to the constant mistakes at the back he wouldn't.
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Post by littlefatbasford on Sept 24, 2023 14:27:03 GMT
Lock, stock and two smoking long balls. Undone like laces on the first day of primary school. Has there ever been a team in human history you'd fancy less to come back from 2 nil down at home? Unbelievable! Unbelievable! Everything about it was so believable. It was a clearance sale on misplaced passes and a buy-one-get-one free on unforced errors. Ponderous! Predictable! Pathetic! There was a daddy long legs sitting on the carpet watching with me at the start, he left early, likely having crawled under my slipper and begged for the sweet release of crushing death. If only there was a bigger slipper to accommodate me. That said, to those with the cries of 'Axe! Axe! Axe!' glistening on their lips, ready to taste the poisoned air, can you fathom starting this entire process again with a new man at the helm? A new man with a new philosophy which less than half of these new players will suit, with a rudderless upper management structure and all the hierarchical support of toilet roll holding a tit! Sunday afternoon - dejected, despairing, and jealous of a daddy long legs. P.B. You’re either at the end of an 8 ball, or chatgpt. Either way I’m in. P.B. knows best
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Post by idle on Sept 24, 2023 14:27:43 GMT
TBF neither Ferencvaros or Basel are lower league. And our only scorer is from a newly promoted You get what you pay for. This doesn't make any sense...
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Post by loosestools on Sept 24, 2023 14:30:30 GMT
Today it was an utter disjointed mess, its getting worse, there are some decent players in that team but no one knows their job and boy are we missing two heavy duty central defenders.
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Post by 19notbeaten72 on Sept 24, 2023 14:31:58 GMT
Were do we go from here the next run of fixtures look really scary now. I see us in the bottom 3 within the coming weeks.
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Post by callas12 on Sept 24, 2023 14:36:06 GMT
Trying to remember back to the Nathan Jones era as managed to blank it out, but todays debacle may well have been worse or just about as bad as anything served up under Jones!
Totally disjointed garbage that was today, shocking!
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Post by bigvern on Sept 24, 2023 14:38:23 GMT
What I didn't like today was that on a couple of occasions one of our midfielders could have received the ball but instead gestured for the ball to be played back to a defender.
Get on the ball yourself and try to effect the game.
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Post by Block 26 on Sept 24, 2023 14:39:37 GMT
That was absolutely fucking shocking. No game plan whatsoever, pass it around the back, get it into midfield & come back to the defence or goalkeeper. Abysmal shite!
Hull taught us a lesson today.
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Post by Silkystoke on Sept 24, 2023 14:43:26 GMT
Thanks for nothing Alex….. errrr you have no fuckin idea..!!!
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Post by matelot1996 on Sept 24, 2023 14:50:47 GMT
Too many strollers in this team, Laurent, Campbell, Johnson even, strolling about, no real urgency no real intent, also need a rough brute of a centre half who will dominate and get stuck into those in front of him who are going through the motions. We don't have such a player. 60%’ers at best most of them lads
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Post by wrexhamstokie90 on Sept 24, 2023 14:54:38 GMT
I said the same on here about O’Neill play 433 or your a gonna Neil your choice
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Post by Block 26 on Sept 24, 2023 14:58:01 GMT
I said the same on here about O’Neill play 433 or your a gonna Neil your choice But why are we playing 5 at the back at home anyway? We should be taking the game to the opposition at home not vis versa. Shithouse tactics.
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Post by Northy on Sept 24, 2023 15:03:01 GMT
Glad I'm on holiday and didn't miss anything again, sounds a bit of a shit show again.
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Post by stokief on Sept 24, 2023 15:06:38 GMT
Now, I'm going to hands up and say that after the second goal went in I could take it no more and had a sh1t load of other stuff to do today anyway so my remarks are not about this game. It would seem however, that a number of my thoughts about the rebuild are coming to pass. My main worry was that it's always going to be hard to create a whole new squad and expect gelling to occur immediately. Players have a lot to get used to especially if moving from abroad and bringing families who may not have been quite so joyous about upheavel and a move to England.(sorry, but it happens, Kitson' missus apparently didn't even want to venture the motorway allegedly) Then, you've got all of that wonderful expectation that the sales team (sorry Jared etc) have spielled you and your agent/entourage with. It's great if it all clicks instantly but if not then heads can go down very quickly and as we know, some types of players(Your fancier dan sorts) are the first to recognise weakness and decide it's not what they signed up for. In any team, football or other you need all sorts. The workers,the creators , the upholders of the institution, the ones who think out of the box and the steady reliable enforcers who help to keep it ticking even when the sh!t hits the fan (obviously not one in the stadium ) and you need a Manager who has a vision, makes you believe in it, trains and hones your skills and enables you to feel confident in your work and know that you are a part of a never say die strong team. Seems to me that this is all falling apart with team changes/tactic changes blah blah every match. I've said it before and I'll say it again people want to know what to do..SIMPLE. You can't build a team who knows what each others limitations/skills are if you keep chopping and changing. We look weak. The defence is woeful. It should be strong and a unit so your adventurous players feel confident pushing forward without looking over their shoulders at the keystone cops flailing around behind them. The answer? I never like to see a Manager get the heave ho and especially when he's brought all of his allies in with him. It can't be effing rocket science to see what goes wrong as we fans see it and seem to be able to predict the outcome of team selections etc. Well, something had better be done to not let those heads drop. They need a good ,old fashioned lay everything on the table night out or meeting . We've had to do it in the past in the Shawx/Huth/Walters era. AN needs to get a grip and quick or we'll start getting all of those cliques back in the dressing room and that's something that can't be sorted out.
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Post by sealion100 on Sept 24, 2023 15:22:25 GMT
Bollackings needed
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Sept 24, 2023 15:34:53 GMT
This doesn't make any sense... If you only pay for the cheap option you get the cheap product. Should of spent proper money on a centre half and striker....Instead of arguing over the extra needed to buy the striker from wba we should of paid it and got a proven championship striker into our squad.. we spent so little net spend this summer we've tried to rebuild on the cheap again.
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Post by idle on Sept 24, 2023 16:07:24 GMT
If you only pay for the cheap option you get the cheap product. Should of spent proper money on a centre half and striker....Instead of arguing over the extra needed to buy the striker from wba we should of paid it and got a proven championship striker into our squad.. we spent so little net spend this summer we've tried to rebuild on the cheap again. Sure, but that doesn't have anything to do with the players not coming from "European lower leagues". I never get this clamoring for "proven championship players". There's many good players to be had abroad. BTA is ok, and a proper cunt, but he's hardly set the championship on fire, has he? (7 goals last year, 2 this season)
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Post by karl on Sept 24, 2023 16:18:55 GMT
I went and couldn't believe what I was seeing. Non-existent midfield again and a leaky defence.
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Post by snoogle on Sept 24, 2023 16:30:10 GMT
Went at 3-0 . We are wank
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Sept 24, 2023 16:37:25 GMT
Fookin mauled by the Tigers🤮🤮
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